fennel
/ˈfenəl/noun
mass noun
1- an aromatic yellow-flowered European plant of the parsley family, with feathery leaves茴香。
1.1
- Foeniculum vulgare, family Umbelliferae: two subspecies, a hardy perennial (subsp. dulce), the seeds and leaves of which are used as culinary herbs, and the annual Florence (or sweet) fennel (subsp. azoricum), with swollen leaf-bases which are eaten as a vegetable.拉丁名Foeniculum vulgare,伞形科：2亚种, 其一是硬质的多年生植物（甜亚种）, 籽、叶用作烹饪香料, 另一种是一年生的甘茴香（亚速尔亚种）, 叶厚且多, 作蔬菜食用。
词源
Old English finule, fenol, from Latin faeniculum, diminutive of faenum 'hay'.